Biography Bo Bartlett

Born in Columbus, Georgia, Bo Bartlett became an artist in the large
scale, grand style of American narrative painting, an interest and
talent he pursued from his teen-age years. His pieces, often posing
questions about everyday life, are inspired by many facets of his own
life including his religious faith, family, interest in baseball and
football, Hitchcock films, and friendship with Andrew and Betsy Wyeth.

He
studied in Florence, Italy with Ben Long IV, a student of Italian
Fresco painter Pietro Annigoni, and with Ives Gammel in Boston and
Aaron Shickler and Harvey Dinnerstein in New York.

He married
and had a family with his high-school sweetheart, Melonie, and often
used family members as models for his paintin
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